Personnel Command cases colors

Photo By Master Sgt. Paul Tuttle | Col. Roberta Flath, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Catherine Berner, commander and sergeant major of the 3rd Personnel Services Command, prepare to case their unit flag in a Casing of the Colors ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 29. Flath, of Columbus, Ohio, and Berner, of Forsyth, Ga., cased their colors because the 3rd PERSCOM will soon return to the U.S. after a one-year tour of duty in Kuwait with Third Army (Forward), supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The colors will remain cased until all their personnel are back home.  

CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT

08.30.2007

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Paul Tuttle 

1st Theater Sustainment Command

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The 3rd Personnel Services Command cased their colors Aug. 29 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as they prepare to return to the United States after a year-long deployment.

Third PERSCOM deployed to Kuwait in 2006 to provide personnel services to Soldiers that are fighting the war in Iraq and those that support them.

The command provided postal services; implemented leave, rest and recuperation and pass programs; and provided awards and promotions, personnel replacement and casualty reporting services among others.

The command's colors will remain cased until all their troops return home.

The 8th Human Resource Sustainment Center from Hawaii is replacing the 3rd PERSCOM.

• Date Taken: 08.30.2007
• Date Posted: 08.30.2007 14:28
• Story ID: 12075
• Location: CAMP ARIFJAN, KW